Others have had great luck with bypassing. I bypassed in my preamp last week and the results were outstanding. Bigger improvement in my preamp than going from a standard film output cap to Duelund CAST. I bypassed every single B+ power supply cap and filament supply cap with a bundle of JFX premium film caps. The results were astounding. The improved resolution, air and black background were shocking. Everything that was great remained, no negatives, only more information served up with an even greater sense of ease and natural tone.
Many, many mod gurus have experienced the same thing with bypass caps in electronics and speaker crossovers. One simply does not know the result until they try it themselves. All our words are mere speculation as this topic has way too many variables to conclusively say yes or no to bypassing in general. Simply cannot make such a wide sweeping statement.
That is why I am asking for first hand experience based on actual mods performed.
Do some research on this topic and you'll find both camps. I have read enough glowing reviews about bypassing, from credible sources, that my "open mind" had to try it. The positive results in my preamp tell me it is at least possible to have a great outcome bypassing.
An a/b comparison of my preamp before and after the bypass mod in the power supply reveals nothing but great results after the bypass surgery.
It is simple for me to remove these bypass bundles listen and then put them back in. No contest! Caption obvious difference.
Credible sources bypass caps in speaker crossovers to great effect, but it is dependent on the speaker design, caps to be bypassed and the bypass cap.
Ric Schultz of EVS uses Wima caps that he modifies with better copper leads. He uses these very tiny caps to great effect in his professional mods. I will be using these modified Wima caps on a Mundorf SIO cap in my speakers on the mids. I will report back on the results.
I have learned that this whole bypass question has no general answer. You wont know until you try. Some results will be stellar, some no change, some poor.
Many, many mod gurus have experienced the same thing with bypass caps in electronics and speaker crossovers. One simply does not know the result until they try it themselves. All our words are mere speculation as this topic has way too many variables to conclusively say yes or no to bypassing in general. Simply cannot make such a wide sweeping statement.
That is why I am asking for first hand experience based on actual mods performed.
Do some research on this topic and you'll find both camps. I have read enough glowing reviews about bypassing, from credible sources, that my "open mind" had to try it. The positive results in my preamp tell me it is at least possible to have a great outcome bypassing.
An a/b comparison of my preamp before and after the bypass mod in the power supply reveals nothing but great results after the bypass surgery.
It is simple for me to remove these bypass bundles listen and then put them back in. No contest! Caption obvious difference.
Credible sources bypass caps in speaker crossovers to great effect, but it is dependent on the speaker design, caps to be bypassed and the bypass cap.
Ric Schultz of EVS uses Wima caps that he modifies with better copper leads. He uses these very tiny caps to great effect in his professional mods. I will be using these modified Wima caps on a Mundorf SIO cap in my speakers on the mids. I will report back on the results.
I have learned that this whole bypass question has no general answer. You wont know until you try. Some results will be stellar, some no change, some poor.